Abstract: The vernacular architecture in Middle East is the product of land, the local climate, and culture. The human needs and the environment represented the most essential factors to be considered in their designs. The traditional and vernacular architecture of this region introduced many realistic solutions and devices to the local environmental problems such as the Wind-catcher, which became a common architectural feature in buildings. The wind catcher is based on a traditional Persian architectural device, which was used to create natural ventilation in buildings. However, traditional and vernacular architecture, which considered the human needs and the environment, provided many realistic solutions to the more recent modern environmental problems. This paper identifies some designs of traditional architecture of Middle East and the Neotropical region, which serve to cool the architectural interiors with completely passive systems. Thereby, we try to build a bridge between vernacular architecture and contemporary architecture, a bridge that will provide sustainability, independence, autonomy and resilience to architecture contemporary. This research includes two climes: hot arid in Middle East and warm humid climate in Neotropical region, however, the problem of bio-climatic design is similar: reduce indoor air temperature using natural ventilation systems that do not require equipment.
Keywords: Bio-Climatic Architecture, Vernacular Architecture, Urban Heritage.
Title: Adaptation of Vernacular Designs for Contemporary Sustainable Architecture in Middle East and Neotropical Region
Author: Hossam El-Borombaly, Luis Fernando Molina-Prieto
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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